Words the Bible translates as sorcerer
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- magosμάγοςan Eastern sage: a learned man from Persia or Babylon who read the stars, interpreted dreams, and advised kings
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- a magician: a practitioner of sorcery and the occult arts, often a fraud who claims hidden power
- pharmakosφάρμακοςsorcery, and the sorcerer who practices it: forbidden magic worked through drugs, potions, and spells, always bound up with the worship of false gods
- ḥartomחַרְטֹםa learned priestly expert in sacred and hidden arts, skilled at interpreting dreams, working ritual magic, and divining; the specialist a pagan king keeps on staff.
- ananעָנַןto bring clouds over the earth: to gather cloud cover across the sky
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- to practice soothsaying: to work as one particular kind of banned diviner, whose technique the Bible never describes
- kashaphכָּשַׁףto practice sorcery: to work forbidden magic meant to harm or control people, using spells, potions, or ritual objects
- kashshaphכַּשָּׁףsorcerernot studied yet
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